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CVE-2026-0251

5.9 medium SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed
NVD · CVE.org

Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows and root on macOS and Linux. This enables a non-administrative user to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges. The GlobalProtect app on iOS, Android, Chrome OS and GlobalProtect UWP app are not affected.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.9 · paloaltonetworksNVD modified 2026-10-26 14:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 28

  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:-:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h1:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h7:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.2.8:h7:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:-:*:*:*:linux:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:-:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:-:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h1:*:*:*:linux:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h1:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h1:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h2:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h2:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h3:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h3:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h4:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h4:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h6:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h6:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h7:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h7:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h8:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h8:*:*:*:windows:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h9:*:*:*:macos:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:globalprotect:6.3.3:h9:*:*:*:windows:*:*

References 1